HE HAS been dancing to Donald Trump’s tune for so long he has been touted as a possible next UK ambassador to the US but Nigel Farage could have some competition for control of the Ferrero Rocher.

Labour MP John Mann has gone for something even less likely to happen than his fellow Brexiteer becoming the Queen’s man in Washington. Mr Mann has tabled an Early Day Motion reading:

“That this House recognises the importance of the city of Youngstown in Ohio to the US; notes that Bruce Springsteen received the Presidential Medal of Freedom; believes that Bruce Springsteen has written and performed many of the anthems of America; and would welcome Bruce Springsteen as the next US Ambassador to the UK.”

Rocker Springsteen, 67, might be Born To Run and have his fans at the US embassy but it’s unlikely he’ll ever be the Boss at Grosvenor Square.

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REMOANERS have long ridiculed the Brexit battlebus that claimed £350million a week of EU money would be ploughed back into the NHS once Britain parted company with Brussels. In fact we learned last week that the figure will be closer to £200million a week. Now there’s a new doubledecker bus in town, desperate to jump on the post-referendum bandwagon. Its eye-catching slogan reads:

“There are 350 million singles in the EU. Get married, get a passport. Nigel did.” #DoItLikeNigel – a reference to Mr Farage’s German wife Kirsten – has since been trending on Twitter thanks to the Once digital dating app. The company points out that the 350 million EU singles figure “may also be exaggerated”.

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Nigel Farage with President Elect Donald Trump

DONALD TRUMP’S shock victory keeps reminding ageing actress Dame Joan Collins of her Dynasty days – and not just because of the big hair and shoulder pads combo sported by the next Commander-inChief.

The 83-year-old actress recalled how one plotline saw her character Alexis Colby run for governor of Colorado against her nemesis Blake Carrington. “We used a bunch of dirty tricks – from kidnapping to accusations of murder – to embarrass, undermine and knife each other in the back,” she revealed. “Viewers scoffed. Politicians would never do anything so underhanded and evil to each other. Really?

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The 83-year-old Dame Joan Collins

WITH a starting salary of £74,000 and access to heavily subsidised wine and dining, not to mention generous expenses, you would have thought MPs would push the boat out at Parliament’s bars and restaurants.

So there were understandably raised eyebrows when a sign was recently erected outside the popular Strangers’ Bar, warning members not to consume their own alcohol on the Terrace, the outside drinking area overlooking Westminster Bridge.

Penny-pinching politicians had apparently been buying bottles of champagne from the nearby gift shop where, at £25, they are £10 cheaper than behind the bar in Strangers. Champagne socialism at its best!